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<blockquote data-quote="Lizard" data-source="post: 253562" data-attributes="member: 1054">No, it wouldn't.OPEN MEANS OPEN.I oppose, utterly and without reservations, the scumwads who scan books and upload them to P2P or Usenet.But taking open content -- which usually means OCRing, not scanning, and then doing a good deal of editing to remove the PI -- isn't piracy. It's an absolute legal right, something each and every publisher of the Open Gaming material consciously and fully agreed to when they included the OGL in their books. Reuse and posting of open gaming content -- done in strict accordance with the open gaming license -- isn't piracy or theft, anymore than downloading Linux instead of buying the latest RedHat release at CompUSA is.I greatly respect those who voluntarily refrain from rampant reposting, in order not to harm sales and encourage more OGC. Such concern for the health of the industry is excellent. BUT....it's an act of politeness, not obedience to the law. The terms of the OGL are clear. You can copy, post, distribute, reprint, change, fold, spindle, and mutilate all the OGC you want, without needing permission from anyone -- provided you obey the terms of the license yourself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lizard, post: 253562, member: 1054"] No, it wouldn't. OPEN MEANS OPEN. I oppose, utterly and without reservations, the scumwads who scan books and upload them to P2P or Usenet. But taking open content -- which usually means OCRing, not scanning, and then doing a good deal of editing to remove the PI -- isn't piracy. It's an absolute legal right, something each and every publisher of the Open Gaming material consciously and fully agreed to when they included the OGL in their books. Reuse and posting of open gaming content -- done in strict accordance with the open gaming license -- isn't piracy or theft, anymore than downloading Linux instead of buying the latest RedHat release at CompUSA is. I greatly respect those who voluntarily refrain from rampant reposting, in order not to harm sales and encourage more OGC. Such concern for the health of the industry is excellent. BUT....it's an act of politeness, not obedience to the law. The terms of the OGL are clear. You can copy, post, distribute, reprint, change, fold, spindle, and mutilate all the OGC you want, without needing permission from anyone -- provided you obey the terms of the license yourself. [/QUOTE]

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